Beautiful Lawn: Organic Fertilizers, Actively Aerated Compost Tea Treatments, and Mulched Grass Clippings

Our approach to lawn care and plant care has continued to improve through the years. We now use a combination of organic fertilizers, beneficial microbes, and natural nutrient sources to encourage maximum grass and plant growth. This takes advantage of nature's natural nutrient cycle and recycle.  No use of harmful chemicals. No synthetics. 100% natural and organic.

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Organic Fertilizers

Organic fertilizers contain slow-release organic sources of nitrogen among other natural mineral sources. This means that nutrients become available as moisture is available to prevent grass and plant burning. Because organic fertilizers are made of organic compounds, they add organic matter back into the soil. Thus, making the soil nutrient rich and denser. Our practice is to only apply organic fertilizers after a soil fertility test. Soil fertility testing will confirm the amount of bioavailable nutrients in the soil to prevent fertilizer overuse.

Among all key primary nutrients found in all fertilizers, Phosphorus is of a main concern for the environment. Phosphorus is a mobile nutrient which can leach and hurt aquatic resources. Grass in general does not need a lot of phosphorus to propagate. This is the reason why when soil phosphorus content is low, the organic fertilizers we use have very low phosphorus content. And when soil phosphorus content is sufficient, we use phosphorus-free organic fertilizers to promote clean water in rivers, lakes, bays, and wetlands.  Our practice has always been to use products and create services that work with nature, not against it, and for all our clients to only pay for the services they actually need and to not take advantage of that trust.

NUTRIENT CONTENT:
Nitrogen
Phosphorus/Phosphate (AS NEEDED)
Calcium
Iron

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Actively Aerated Compost Tea Treatments

Actively Aerated Compost Tea (AACT) in general is a liquefied biological amendment made by maneuvering beneficial organisms from a highly active organic pile into an aerated water solution with various food sources.  Our specific AACT treatment has been professionally brewed from only the highest quality, pathogen-free, weed-free, pet friendly and bacteria-dominant organic compost, all-natural organic earthworm castings, fish hydrolysate, brown algae, soghum grass, sugar cane (NOT from genetically engineered), and highly aerobic, chlorine-free water. AACT helps accelerate organic matter decomposition like thatch and leaves, improves soil's aggregation to increase water-holding capacity, and reduce soil compaction by adding beneficial microbes for both grass and plants. It contains 12 bioavailable essential nutrients grass and plants need for optimum growth.  The advantage of the tea is that specialized recipes can be developed and fine-tuned to target specific lawn conditions and plant needs. Careful application of AACT can speed up the process of balancing the soil biology. The challenge, however, is achieving the proper mix. This requires a lot of time and testing because there is no way to ensure that one had brewed the proper amount and types of immobile and mobile bacterial populations, protozoas, rotifers, fungal hyphaes, and nematodes other than to test each and every batch, analyze under a microscope, and monitor the results. The amount of beneficial organisms found in AACT makes it particularly favorable for lawns and trees.


NUTRIENT CONTENT:
Nitrogen
Phosphorus/Phosphate
Calcium
Iron
Soluble Potash
Magnesium
Sulfur
Copper
Manganese
Molybdenum
Sodium
Zinc

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Mulching Grass Clippings

Grass clippings are essential to the nutrient cycle and recycling process. When animals graze, some grass clippings are almost always destined to be left behind, decompose, and be converted back to nutrients. This is the reason why when we mechanically graze (mow) the lawn, we almost always recommend mulching of grass clippings. It is not only more affordable to mulch clippings than to bag them, it is better for the environment. Grass clippings have many nutrients and provide a significant portion of the lawn fertilization needs. This is on top of it being an additional organic food source for beneficial microbes.

NUTRIENT CONTENT:
Nitrogen
Potassium
Phosphorus/Phosphate
Boron
Copper
Iron
Chloride
Manganese
Molybdenum
Zinc

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If you ever need help with your lawn care and plant care needs in Austin, please do not hesitate to contact us. We are very eager to help you.